The Goalkeeper (2000 film)

The Goalkeeper
Theatrical release poster
Spanish	El portero
Directed by	Gonzalo Suárez
Screenplay by	Gonzalo Suárez Manuel Hidalgo
Based on	an original story by Manuel Hidalgo
Produced by	Andrés Vicente Gómez
Starring	Carmelo Gómez Maribel Verdú Antonio Resines Roberto Álvarez Elvira Mínguez Eduard Fernández Abel Vitón Julio Vélez Adrián Ramírez Andoni Gracia
Cinematography	Carlos Suárez
Edited by	Juan Carlos Arroyo
Music by	Carles Cases
Production company	Lolafilms
Distributed by	Lolafilms Distribución
Release date	8 September 2000 (2000-09-08)
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

The Goalkeeper (Spanish: El portero)^[1] is a 2000 Spanish drama film directed by Gonzalo Suárez which stars Carmelo Gómez as the title character alongside Maribel Verdú and Antonio Resines.

Plot

The plot follows the mishaps of Ramiro Forteza, a goalie arriving to an Asturian village in 1948, coming to acquaint both with the Guardia Civil and the Maquis.^[2][3]

Cast

• Carmelo Gómez as Ramiro Forteza^[4]
• Maribel Verdú as Manuela^[5]
• Antonio Resines as Sargento Andrade^[5]
• Roberto Álvarez [es] as Don Constantino^[5]
• Elvira Mínguez as Úrsula^[5]
• Eduard Fernández as Nardo^[5]
• Abel Vitón as Médico^[5]
• Julio Vélez as López^[5]
• Adrián Ramírez as Tito^[5]
• Andoni Gracia [es] as Emilio^[5]

Production

The screenplay was penned by Gonzalo Suárez alongside Manuel Hidalgo [es], based on an original story by Hidalgo.^[6]

Footage was shot in the Barru Beach (Llanes).

The film was produced by Andrés Vicente Gómez's Lolafilms, and it had the participation of TVE and Vía Digital [es].^[6] Set to start filming, Suárez announced his film to be primarily a western ("although it will also have that perverse mix of genres that I like so much").^[7] It was shot around Llanes, Asturias, including the beaches of Toró [es], Barru and Borizu [es].^[8]

Release

Distributed by Lolafilms Distribución,^[6] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 8 September 2000.^[5]

Reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be "an accomplished, surprisingly low-key historical piece", with "a strong, high-profile cast of solid pros" breathing "convincing life into a delicate, resonant and surprisingly contemporary little parable", otherwise with the director's "tendency toward the histrionic" being "kept under control".^[6]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2001	15th Goya Awards	Best Actor	Carmelo Gómez	Nominated	[9]
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Manuel Hidalgo, Gonzalo Suárez	Nominated

See also

• List of association football films
• List of Spanish films of 2000

References

1. Perriam, Chris (2003). Stars and Masculinities in Spanish Cinema: From Banderas to Bardem. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 89. ISBN 0-19-815996-X.
2. "'El portero', en 'Historia de nuestro cine'". Diez Minutos. 20 June 2018.
3. Caparrós Lera 2005, p. 53.
4. Caparrós Lera, José María (2005). La Pantalla Popular. El cine español durante el Gobierno de la derecha (1996-2003). Tres Cantos: Ediciones Akal. p. 152. ISBN 978-84-460-2414-9.
5. Caparrós Lera 2005, p. 52.
6. Holland, Jonathan (16 October 2000). "The Goalkeeper". Variety.
7. Fernández-Santos, Elsa (14 September 1999). "Gonzalo Suárez inicia el rodaje de "El portero", un "western" con el fútbol y la posguerra de fondo". El País.
8. Puga, Jessica M. (2 March 2018). "Un gran plató de nombre Asturias". El Comercio. Grupo Vocento.
9. Viaje al cine español. 25 años de los Premios Goya (PDF), Lunwerg, 2011, p. 283, ISBN 978-84-9785-791-8